The German Institute for International Educational Research offers 3 full-time PhD positions in a national funded research project to establish and support digital educational infrastructures. The project aims at building a uniform infrastructure for higher education to use, share and create open educational resources, based on a common metadata scheme and criteria for high-quality educational resources.

Candidates are highly involved and guide the outcomes of the funded project, as well get the chance to work with external partners. They should be motivated to work autonomously and in a larger team. Knowledge about open educational resources, open practice standards and experience in scientific publishing are desirable.

As well, candidates need to have German language skills to fulfill the project tasks. A concrete description of the diverse tasks and requirements for each position can be found in the single job announcements:

IZB-2018-15 (German language skills needed to fulfill project tasks), for more information, do not hesitate to ask Tamara Heck (heck@dipf.de)

IZB-2018-16 (German language skills needed to fulfill project tasks), for more information, do not hesitate to ask Tamara Heck (heck@dipf.de)

The German Institute for International Educational Research offers 1 full-time PhD position in a national funded research project to investigate effects and chances of digital media in education. The focus lies on evidence-based approaches that consider contextual factors as well as learner-centered methodologies. Candidates are highly involved and guide the outcomes of the funded project, as well get the chance to work with external partners. They should be motivated to work autonomously and in a larger team. Knowledge about conducting high-quality literature reviews and professional information search systems are desirable.